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Paper’s all it takes
to mark that first
spark, stretch it to
a quiet, un-scissored
sky. Ask her why
she holds her breath,
she’ll tell you the day
is too long for all this
rocky skin. Fold her twice,
but fool her only once.
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“Paper’s all it takes
to mark that first
spark” … Goodness, that’s powerful. ~And I will happily stretch my S-park “two,” just for you. 😉
I LOVE:
“a quiet un,
scissored.” … I know that’s what you really meant. And that can go sexy ways, too. 🙂 This fits with that s/ky that follows. 😛
“Ask her why
she holds her breath” … This is pretty much a poem unto its own. It reminds me of the first half of a Brian Andreas piece.
“fool her only
once” … Ex/cellent ending.
Oh so clever…the way you incorporated rock, paper and scissors into this.
Love especially the closing lines . that’s made me really re-read it over and over…
Love the opening lines De ~ This poem sparkle & sparks ~
Wow, you lit up these 44 words with wisdom & verve; great illustration for your prompt. I love the lines /stretch it to/a quiet un-scissored/sky/.
Ask her why she holds her breath…you do such a powerful job with enjambment, De, making me read and read again. Your work illustrates what that poetic device can do for a poem.
Great play on rock, paper, scissors, De! And I love the layout of this quadrille – I had to read it several times and each time I’ve found something new in just 44 words!
Rock, scissors, paper AND origami – sheer genius!
stretch it to a quiet, un-scissored sky.. my god that’s brilliant! ❤️
An interesting idea of folding her twice but fooling her once.
Your ‘quiet, un-scissored sky’ is so beautiful! :o)
I too read this over and over…so clever with the origami folding and the rock, paper, scissors game…genius, De!
she’ll tell you the day
is too long for all this
Yes, patience is paramount in working on the origami foldings!
Hank
Clever! love unscissored sky!
“Ask her why
she holds her breath..”
~I just held my breath here. Deep and clever piece, De! And that closing line is indeed a powerful punch.
Origami games! This is wonderful, De. Love un-scissored sky.
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“Fold her twice,
but fool her only once.”
Bam!! Fierce! Burn!! 😀 😀 😀 Great, quadrille, De! ❤
Love that “fold her twice but fool her only once.”
What a great take on origami! “Fold her twice but fool her only once.” Love everything about this one and most especially this line.
Very creative! Love how you’ve found inspiration is something as simple as paper.
I like this a lot! It occurs to me that if she doesn’t hold her breath she’ll go up in flames!
“rocky skin” – now that’s just inspired.
ha – I like the ending, my grandmother used to say “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me”, why that came to mind I have no clue.
Quiet power.
WeLL.. thanks
for the SpArk
PArk.. De..
i reALLy
needed
something
to go with A Fire Work Prompt Now..
and this will do the trick before a treat..:)
Nice, very true what would we do without paper to start that first spark.
Lovely spark of life breathed into (and by!) your dragon.